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It is Femslash February (I'm a few days late, I know, life got weird...) and I thought it would be fun to offer a challenge to all of us Eerie fans to write some femslash for this fandom!

No formal prompts, just a general celebration of all the wonderful F/F pairing possibilities* in Eerie Fandom!

I've added a new collection on AO3 if you'd like to use that when posting!

(*Genderswapping characters counts)
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It's Tuesday, so today you get a choice between two prompts. Pick one, combine both, pit them against each other - on Tuesday, you choose!

This week, your options are:

Phyllis Stoffer versus Winnifred Swanson
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Winifred Swanson screamed, the kind of scream that scours the throat, empties the lungs, and strips away sanity as it goes.

The thing pulling itself inch by pitiful inch along the asphalt had been a little girl, once. A few strands of platinum-blonde hair still clung to the shrivelled skull and a pretty, lace-trimmed dress the rich green of pea soup swamped the withered, skeletal frame. It stretched out one shaking hand, arthritic fingers twisted into claws and topped by thick, yellow nails.

"Mommy," it gurgled around a mouthful of soft and rotten teeth. "Mommy. They broke my vacuum seal. Mommy..."

Winifred dropped to her knees, the high shine of her white patent boots scraping against the buckled sidewalk. Those scuffs would never come out.

"Freshness," she whimpered, almost too soft to hear above the ringing silence that echoed in the aftermath of her howl. "Oh, my little Freshness..."

She reached for her daughter, but the Garbage Men pressed down on her narrow shoulders and pinned her in place. Their faces, hidden beneath peaked caps and concealed behind mirrored sunglasses, never moved, but still the way they stood gave the impression of a smile.

The sole surviving ForeverWare lady wept.

Ongoing Verse: The Children

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Simon toed open the door to the living room and slipped inside without turning on the light. Outside, the January sky was watery grey, filtered through grimy window panes. Inside, a small TV broadcast bursts of bright colours across the threadbare carpet where Harley sat, cross-legged and transfixed and absolutely forbidden from using the remote control.

WERD-TV was airing a rerun of Wendy-Go-Go, a kids' cartoon from the '60s about a plucky cannibalistic spirit of winter battling against the evil Cult of Hygge. The Cult of Hygge's crimes, as far as Simon could tell, consisted mostly of wearing big jumpers, drinking hot chocolate, and laughing too loud. As a jumper-wearer and occasional imbiber of cocoa himself, Simon was inclined to sympathise with them.

Besides, in her white knee-high boots and green minidress, Wendy reminded him uncomfortably of the ForeverWare lady who still blamed him for the destruction of her daughter's piggybank. That did make her deer-skull face, withered limbs and exposed patches of bloody bone less awful in comparison, but seeing her empty eye sockets glaring out at him from his parent's battered television set was still unpleasant.

The episode ended with the erstwhile cultists being tied to a rocket and launched into the freezing vacuum of space. As frost formed on their screaming, bluish faces, Wendy puttered by in a ship designed to look like a VW Beetle and began packaging them up. Frozen dinners for a month, she informed the audience with a wink.

Harley laughed. Simon shivered.

Ongoing Verse: Holmes Brothers

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The one festival I attend every year is pulling out the stops this year with a pair of incredible guests.

Saskatoon – September 15, 2019 – Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival, Saskatchewan’s largest feature film festival returns for its 10th edition at the Broadway Theatre this November 19th through 24th with Special Guests Joe Dante and Belinda Balaski.

As part of the 10th annual festival please join us on Saturday, November 23th at the Broadway Theatre for a celebration of the careers of Joe Dante and Belinda Balaski. Dante and Balaski will be introducing and then answering questions for screenings of Gremlins, The ‘Burbs, and The Howling. As a special bonus the Dante directed pieces of Amazon Women on the Moon will be screened in front of The Howling.

“I really wanted us to do something special for year 10 and I can’t think of anything better. Joe Dante is a true master of his craft and had an immense impact of genre film making and being able to hear stories from him and Belinda Balaski who has starred in a dozen of his movies is a true treat to hear. ” said festival founder and Director John Allison.

The announcement of the full festival line-up will take place in Mid-October. More information is available concerning the Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival at www.skfilmfest.com and on the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/skfilmfest/.

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If you've ever seen the Eerie Indiana tie-in books, you might have noticed the website advertised in the back pages: EerieIN.com

Surprising nobody, twenty years later this website no longer exists. However, parts of it are archived at the WayBack Machine.

Sadly, the snapshots from 1999 just show a white page with a parent directory, so we'll never get to see what frames-and-flash masterpiece was originally used to promote Eerie.

However, in 2001 an Eerie Indiana fan named MariaC bought the domain and turned it into the Eerie Examiner:



LET THEM EAT FISH

Written by: Maria C. Copyright 2000 Maria C. and eeriein.com

Eerie's flagging economy may be in for a new lease of life, following the opening of a new salmon farm… with a twist.

This week, Spliced Gene Salmon City opened its doors to the public and will represent a low-cost, high-quality source of seafood for all Eerie's inhabitants.

The secret of the farm's success? Genetic engineering! In Eerie, legislation concerning the lately developed gene manipulation techniques is still slightly unclear and not as prohibitive as in the rest of America. The owner of the farm, Charlie Gower, saw the advantages which this loophole could offer Eerie.

The Examiner interviewed Mr Gower at the grand opening of his new enterprise about how the business got started:

"Well, I was at the World O' Stuff about two months ago doing my shopping. I was looking to buy some Spam for my dinner and all, when I noticed a box on the shelf next to the tinned foods section. It turned out to be a Home Cloning Beginners' Outfit by some company called Frankenstein, inc. It was for sale, so I picked it up. The thing was that Betsy, my goldfish, wasn't very well and I figured I could use the kit to make her better. Or clone her, or something.

"I started, y'know, experimenting, with the kit at herimenting, with the kit at home until I thought I had found a cure for Betsy. I scraped what had grown on the petri-dish
into her tank and left it overnight. The next morning, there she was, seven inches bigger, and looking a whole lot happier.

"I figured I could to the same to salmon and other fish, so people in this town could have a'plenty of good cheap fish. Y'know, the oils fish contain can be mighty beneficial. It's brain food, so they say."

A'plenty is no overstatement. With the salmon's DNA altered to make the species grow four times faster and reach a mass three times that of the average salmon on half the food intake, the newly introduced species is in plentiful supply in Eerie and available at incredibly low prices.

Mr Chisel, the Mayor of Eerie , opened the event and gave the Eerie Examiner the following statement:

"I'm delighted at what our good citizen, Mr Gower, has achieved. The people of Eerie are sure to benefit from what I, as their mayor, have brought them. That is, good food at a low price and a tourist economy which I'm sure will exist as soon as news of this gets out. Heck, why stop at fish, I say! Today salmon, tomorrow… well, the possibilities are
limitless! Yes, this will put our little hometown on the map for sure! And when the government come to beg us to sell them our secrets, I…er, Eerie… wits, I…er, Eerie… will be rich! A superpower!"

When Mr Gower was further questioned on his methods and procedures, it aspired that the environmental impact of his project would be minimal. He informed us on his waste disposal policy:

"Well, at the end of each new batch, there's always stuff that needs getting rid of, you know, left over DNA, waste chemicals, genetic freaks and such. I find most of it can be quickly and cleanly disposed of by chucking it in the river, yonder."

So it looks like it's good news for Eerie. Many locals turned up at the event to listen to the inauguration speeches made by Mr Gower and the Mayor, and also to take advantage of the free salmon products available for the day.

Here are some opinions on the new fish farm given by the citizens themselves:

"I think it's a mighty fine idea. I just can't wait to get my teeth into a li'l ol' salmon burger."
Mr E. Presely

"Well, I think that if the science and apparatus design is sound, I see no reason why the venture shouldn't work out. I wish Mr Gower every success."
Mr. E. Teller

"Thank you, sir, move along now. Nothing to see here."
Deputy Sheriff

"I think it's wonderful. I can't wait to write in to the foreverware cookery newsletter with a whole range of delicious new salmon recipe ideas to share wlmon recipe ideas to share with the rest of our foreverware family!"
Ms. W. Swanson

"No comment. I didn't do it."
Some weird grey-haired kid

"Look at this water sample we collected from down river! It glows! And you know what else - ?"
Marshall Teller, just before the mayor interrupted with "…run along now, there's a good kid. They have such vivid imaginations, don't they?"

Well, it would seem that Eerie is now at the fore-front of salmon farming techniques, genetic engineering developments and on the brink of global fame. One thing Eerie inhabitants can be sure of, however, is that they can be sure to continue their quiet lives in this normal, all-American little town. To quote Mr Chisel's comments at the grand opening:

"Although these recent developments are sure to signal a new chapter in the history of Eerie, I can safely say that the town itself will not be changed from the wholesome community we know it as. I will do my best in keeping everything exactly as it is, and exactly as we like it - normal."

Written by: Maria C. Head Reporter for the Eerie Examiner

If you have any tales youd like Miss. C to investigate, you can contact her at the Eerie Examiner Maria
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I bet both Syndi Teller and Winnifred Swanson's little girl drink this.

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Theater, film, and television veteran Belinda Balaski began working professionally as a young child. Throughout her career, she’s found herself in several made for TV movies and After School Specials, as well as guest starring in several popular television shows and series, like Baretta, S.W.A.T., Starsky and Hutch, Hunter, How the West Was Won, and Eerie, Indiana. Her film career began with a small role in director Jack Arnold’s blaxploitation detective film, BLACK EYE (1974) with Fred Williamson. She’s worked with director Joe Dante on well over a dozen projects over the years, including some of his most well known films like PIRANHA (1978) where she played “Betsy” the camp counselor, THE HOWLING (1981) where she played Dee Wallace’s producer and friend “Terry”, GREMLINS (1984), AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON (1987), MATINEE (1993) and SMALL SOLDIERS (1998). Other films you’ll find Belinda Balaski in that all Wastelanders should know include BOBBIE JO AND THE OUTLAW (1976) with Marjoe Gortner, Lynda Carter and Jessie Vint; as a pregnant woman trying not to get eaten in Bert I. Gordon’s FOOD OF THE GODS (1976) again, with Marjoe Gortner; as Robert Carradine’s surfer girl in director Paul Bartel’s road race comedy CANNONBALL! (1976) with David Carradine, and TILL DEATH (1978) to name but a few. Belinda recently returned to feature films by taking the role of “Nadia” in Joe Dante’s segment of NIGHTMARE CINEMA (2017), which should be ready to roll by the time the Spring Show rolls around.
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I would always really character myself up like when I went in for, well I don’t know if you’re aware of “Foreverware”; did you ever see Eerie, Indiana? I did two Eerie, Indiana’s, both for Joe. There were two segments and the first one was called “Foreverware” and it was this really funny segment about people who preserve themselves in Tupperware, or “Foreverware”, as in the story. We had to sing and all this stuff and it was just crazy, okay? When I read it I called Joe up, after the audition when I got the part, and I said, “Look, if I’m going to do this I’m going to have to have a wig” and he said, “Why would you have to have a wig?” and I said, “Because I can’t play this character as me. I have an idea, just please I have to have a wig.” He says, “You don’t need a wig.” I said, “Joe, would you just please let me do this?” So he finally agreed, and I went to the hair department and I told them exactly what I wanted. To make a long story short when I was in college back in the day my roommate was Heather MacRae; and if you know Heather MacRae at all she had those blonde bangs with the straight blonde hair, you might remember her from Bang the Drum Slowly; she was wonderful in that. Anyway, she was an old friend of mine and I wanted to play her because she characterized this character for me. So I got this blonde wig that was just like her and I had wardrobe wardrobe me in this sort of lime green A frame dress and white go-go boots, et cetera. I walked on set and Joe takes one look at me and he almost fell over he was like, “Oh my God”. Well, the producers fell so in love with this character that they, two episodes later, brought my character back and gave me a set of twins; and it was in the one called “Hole in the Wall Gang” with Hoyt Axton and they had me standing in the bank with my daughter and she’s dressed with the little blond wig and the green A frame dress and white go-go boots and it was really visually very, very funny.

So, Joe always allowed me a lot of creative freedom; but I always had to audition for him except for in The Howling.
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But of Joe’s films if you asked me my favorite I would have to say all of them. I just love working with Joe because it was always fun. Even in ‘Eerie Indiana’, once he let me have my wig (laughs). Without my wig I would have been dead, by the way. I would have felt too exposed. That wig gave me a character from which to work, you know?

There I was on an episode of 'Eerie Indiana’ called ‘Foreverware’ that Joe wanted me to do (I did have to audition) and when I got the part I thought, “Oh, gosh, this was so unlike me” so I said, “Joe, please, could I have a wig?”

He said, “What are you talking about?”

I just said, “Please, let me have a wig, I really need it.”

At first he kept asking me, “A wig? What do you need a wig for?” and went through his whole kind of conniption before he finally said, “Okay, sure, go see the hair lady.”

So I go into the hair lady and I say, “Look, I kind of want to do a tribute to my ex roommate from college Heather MacRae and I wanted to get this wig with blonde bangs and straight blonde hair and wear this lime green A frame dress with the white go go boots. This is what Heather looked like when I went to college with her so here I show up on set in this wig and outfit and Joe and the producers completely drop to the ground. They loved that character so much that they brought her back for another 'Eerie Indiana’ and gave me twin girls, actually they were used one at a time, as my daughter and gave her a blonde wig to match mine and the A frame dress and white go go boots (laughs).

These are how characters are made. Like I love creating those characters
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25 years ago today, the pilot episode of Eerie, Indiana aired for the very first time. Sit down and reminisce over the story that started it all. And if you're hungry for more than just some tasty nostalgia, I've got a bologna sandwich for you that's as fresh as the day it was made... in 1974.

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